Here's a cheap, small boat for someone

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You may be right but these days people don't want silly little boats like Silhouettes, Frolics or Sea Wyches.

It looks like a fairly good one ( apart from the outboard ) though.
 
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You may be right but these days people don't want silly little boats like Silhouettes, Frolics or Sea Wyches.

Speak for yourself... :p

At £500 I think she's a bargain.... anyone with sense would go for her like a shot as an introductory boat - take them through the first 2 or 3 years and then trade up...
 

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Speak for yourself... :p

At £500 I think she's a bargain.... anyone with sense would go for her like a shot as an introductory boat - take them through the first 2 or 3 years and then trade up...

It probably is a good buy at £500. It would probably cost more 10 times that if it were to be produced new today.

Around 24/26 ft is a good choice. More space, more comfortable, more capable of some serious sailing, not the urgency to trade up after a year or two.
Not so large that cockups are big cockups and in some respects easier to handle than a smaller boat.

I have some experience of owning a boat less than 20ft!

If anyone wants a Sea Wych, one owner from new, and almost no expense spared on care and maintenance watch this space. It'll be for sale before many more years pass.
 

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It probably is a good buy at £500. It would probably cost more 10 times that if it were to be produced new today.

Around 24/26 ft is a good choice. More space, more comfortable, more capable of some serious sailing, not the urgency to trade up after a year or two.
Not so large that cockups are big cockups and in some respects easier to handle than a smaller boat.

I have some experience of owning a boat less than 20ft!

If anyone wants a Sea Wych, one owner from new, and almost no expense spared on care and maintenance watch this space. It'll be for sale before many more years pass.

Wise words and my exact thinking when I bought my 19 footer - I wanted something big enough to teach me how to handle a "yacht", but not big enough that a mistake would be catastrophic.... an unexpected benefit was that it also helped me to coalesce my thoughts as to what the next boat should be....

In my case a little smaller than 24-26 foot (I single-hand most of the time and just don't need anything that big) I reckon 21-22 foot but with a bit more beam and "heft" than my current boat... your Sea Wych is a nice looking class of boat - she's similar in a lot of respects to my Fantasie but has a better displacement ratio..

Anyway - enough of this thread drift.... :eek:
 

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It probably is a good buy at £500. It would probably cost more 10 times that if it were to be produced new today.

Around 24/26 ft is a good choice. More space, more comfortable, more capable of some serious sailing, not the urgency to trade up after a year or two.
Not so large that cockups are big cockups and in some respects easier to handle than a smaller boat.

I have some experience of owning a boat less than 20ft!

If anyone wants a Sea Wych, one owner from new, and almost no expense spared on care and maintenance watch this space. It'll be for sale before many more years pass.

More like 20 times :eek: if done in this country :(
 

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I'm a died-in-the-wool sub 20ft fan.
Problem with that Silhouette (and other small boats) is that the running costs are more than the boat's value.
Yep, it doesn't make any difference if you get the enjoyment, but if someone is looking at it as a cheap way to get sailing they are in for a disappointment.

Ideal little boat for the lakes.

£500 a year for a swinging mooring, up to £200 for a landing for your tender. Probably £200+ for your mooring gear (2nd hand, on site)

Or as a trailer sailer, £22 per launch/car park for a day sail, plus fuel.

I know you can launch at free slips on tidal waters, but launching/recovering a yacht is not so easy for day sailing. (as many will attest to on here).

Nice idea, but it'll only be the boat that is cheap.
 

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£500 a year for a swinging mooring, up to £200 for a landing for your tender. Probably £200+ for your mooring gear (2nd hand, on site)

Jeez. Expensive area and you are landlocked!
 
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